Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for May 18, 2021

Yo no quiero saber qué Gracie dijo.

Oy vey.

I suppose she can only say it in the comfort of their home. There was a chant that audiences in stadiums gave right before the goalie kicked off, and the word basically means “male prostitute”. SJW’s and Snowflakes deemed that word to be “homophobic” (a change in one letter gives you the female version, I wonder if they ever chanted that in women’s soccer) and got the FIFA to threaten Mexico with sanctions if the teams didn’t get the audiences to stop the chanting. As if the teams ever had any control of the audience….

A former colleague of mine always claimed he was effluent in several languages.

Aw, c’mon. How can I learn Spanish if you’re going to redact all the good, bad words?

That is a spanking in any language.

Reminds me of Ralphie in A Christmas Story.

I think that, other than saying please and thank-you, the first thing kids learn in a foreign language is usually cussing.

That’s how my kids learned ‘language’. Listening to me.

You always learn the curse words first. I did when learning to speak Korean. I know some guys who were from PR, spoke only Spanish. By the end of basic training they were fluent in English cursing. About 18 months later they knew enough English to finishTech school

So she doesn’t know Spanish.

Sounds more like “French” to me.

I have, on a couple of occasions, claimed to be fluent in two languages — English and foul!

You didn’t tell her what the words mean, Papi!

Golden Oldie:

Mom: “What did Daddy say when he hit his thumb with the hammer?”

Little Kid: “Should I leave out the swear words?”

Mom: “Of course.”

Little Kid: “He didn’t say a thing.”

I can say thank you in like 8 languages I think.

In other countries I’ve visited (mostly in the military) it seemed that people were more interested in teaching me expletives in their languages than other conversational material. I’ve never understood quite why.

Opps!

I know a little – very little – Yiddish from when I was growing up. I know a little more Spanish from 3 years of high school Spanish. I can sing happy birthday in either.

Lately I have been learning a bit of American sign language. I watch a TV show “Sue Thomas, FBeye” based on the actual Sue Thomas was deaf and was an FBI agent. I have been working on remembering various general signs she and the others on the show use – such as thank you, you’re welcome, sorry … (Oddly – husband and I stopped to watch the show the first time when while switching channels as we both instantly had the same pleasant memory of hearing the song used for the titles while driving in Lancaster, PA some years ago – unrelated to the show – and stayed to watch it as the same actor who is in Murdoch Mysteries is in this show also.)

“Pardon my Napoleon.”

Dios Mio Gracie. You need to learn not to curse.